Rivers v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeals from Montgomery City Court. Tried before Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. The defendant was convicted under. two indictments charging Mm with offer to bribe different parties.
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Appeals from Montgomery City Court. Tried before Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. The defendant was convicted under. two indictments charging Mm with offer to bribe different parties. The cases were submitted together. insisted that the testimony in corroboration of the two witnesses was illegal, citing McKelton v. State, 86 Ala. 594; Green v. State, 96 Ala. 29; That the testimony impeaching the witnesses was admissible, Fincher v. State, 58 Ala. 215; that the indictment should be more specific, Pierce v. State, 1 Sneed (Tenn) 67; Turnipseed v. Slate, 6 Ala. 667; Duncan v. State, 9 Port. 260; Antony…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
— The defendant was indicted and prosecuted under section 3920 of the Criminal Code. A demurrer to the indictment was overruled, and this ruling of the court presents the first question for our consideration.
We have held that under our system of pleading, “Indictments are rather a statement of legal conclusions, than of facts.” The forms given in the Code, and which have been declared sufficient in cases to which they are applicable, fully sustain the proposition. The statute, Code 4366, provides that “in other cases (when the forms are not given) *74forms may be used as near similar as the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Grattan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Green v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Turnipseed v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1844
- Edmonds v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
- Carter v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Burns v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Gayden v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
- Kennedy v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1958
- Hochman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
- Hamilton v. Cranford Mercantile Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1918
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